Comment on Setting up a private network in shared apartment
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Hi, network engineer with a specialization in mikrotik, you’re on the right track.
You would configure the router to use one radio as your WAN connection, then NAT your internal connection using a masquerade rule. Pretty simple setup.
Some notable drawbacks for this dependent on model is that you will lose wireless speed as you will be using your wireless for upstream and downstream devices. This can be solved by using an AP on a different channel.
Note that mikrotik gives you a lot of ways to cut off your hands, so use safe mode for everything
Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Thanks for the setup tips, especially about the masquerade rule and safe mode.
I’m not too worries about the loss of speed since internet here in germany is on average slower than 250mbps and anything data intensive like access to my Mediaserver should be handled over Ethernet anyway. If it does become an issue I can always throw a second AP at it I guess?
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Yeah, a 2nd AP wired into the first router would eliminate any performance hit of having the router do both. Hard to say what the impact would be without testing though.